Jennifer Piel is a clinical and forensic psychiatrist and is board-certified in general and forensic psychiatry. She is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the Ethics and Research Committees of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), from whom she twice earned the prestigious Young Investigator Award. Dr. Piel currently works as the Director of the University of Washington Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law and is an Associate Professor in the university’s Department of Psychiatry. She is also a Staff Psychiatrist and Director of the Disruptive Behavior Evaluation Clinic at the VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division. Dr. Piel previously served as an Associate Director for the Psychiatry Residency Training Program at the University of Washington. Dr. Piel teaches courses in forensic mental health and speaks locally and nationally on topics related to psychiatry and the law. She consults on a wide range of topics and legal cases related to behavioral health and the law including criminal and civil competencies; criminal responsibility; malpractice; violence risk assessment; sexual and gender harassment; and fitness for duty, among others. The Legal Digest Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Dr. Piel has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters on topics in forensic mental health, including on mental health laws and policies, violence risk assessment, insanity, mental health clinicians’ duty to protect, and forensic ethics.